A BBC Jerusalem reporter’s framing of protests against Hamas – part two

As we saw in part one of this post, on March 18th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Yolande Knell reported on terror attacks in Samaria, rocket fire on Tel Aviv and recent demonstrations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme. All those separate events were framed as being linked to the upcoming election in Israel and Knell rounded off that report by quoting unnamed “Israeli commentators” who turned out to be one journalist writing at Ha’aretz.

1)Let’s talk about how @brhodes & … craving a return to the Obama years are falling to the disgusting low of supporting the ruthless mullah’s regime of #Iran, and standing shoulder to shoulder with known Tehran apologists/lobbyists, such as the disgraced @tparsi. pic.twitter.com/eZcYAH3Ul5